Opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane met Mozambican president Daniel Chapo in Maputo last night, "to discuss solutions to the challenges that the country is facing," according to a leng...

Only one minister survives from the Nyusi administration, as Chapo appoints a Guebuza-era justice minister as his first PM

In the past four weeks, Cabo Delgado has been hit by the continued actions of islamist insurgents, Cyclone Chido, a continuing food crisis, and the nationwide disorder that has followed October’s disp...

Violence and unrest continued in Cabo Delgado Province throughout December and into early 2025, due to the ongoing insurgency and post-election conflict

Mozambique’s neighbours are considering taking concrete measures to protect regional trade routes, humanitarian corridors, and energy supplies, given post-election instability

FREE TO READ: While the demonstrations called for by Venâncio Mondlane continue, lawlessness appears to be on the rise — with economic infrastructure also being targeted

As leader of Podemos, Albino Forquilha has played a crucial role in giving Venâncio Mondlane the platform to contest the 2024 presidential election, and the results

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When Islamist insurgents unleashed terror on northern Mozambique, civilians living in the shadow of Africa’s biggest gas project thought troops paid by the French energy giant would protect them. They...

This is the most violent insurgent attack since Rwandan and Mozambican forces began their offensive in Macomia district in July

In this morning's Zitamar News Daily Call, Fernando Lima and Tomas Queface shared their first-hand experiences of barricades and protests in Maputo over the weekend, and discussed how the demonstratio...

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The Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) this morning approved a €20 million top-up to the EU's financial assistance for the deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) in Mozambique's Cab...

No official results have been announced, but Venâncio Mondlane is claiming to have won both the presidency and the parliament, while witnesses say Renamo has failed to come second in the legislative v...

The Zitamar News live blog brings you the latest updates from the 2024 general elections

The Zitamar News live blog brings you the latest updates from the 2024 general elections

Independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has enthused a new generation of voters, but the ruling Frelimo party will do all it can to hold on to the levers of power

The Zitamar News live blog brings you the latest updates from the 2024 general elections

The Zitamar News live blog brings you the latest updates from the 2024 general elections

Zitamar's review of last week and look at the week ahead - in which Mozambique goes to the polls to elect its next President

A collection of tributes to Fernando Lima, Zitamar's editor-at-large and titan of independent Mozambican journalism, on his 70th birthday

🚨BREAKING: Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering by a federal jury in New York City at 15:55 local time this afternoon. Defence counsel...

Six and a half years on since the violence began, evidence for the illicit timber trade funding the insurgency is as weak as ever

The first $125m to VTB and Portugal’s BCP is due this week, with the balance to be paid by the end of September

Join ACLED's Cabo Ligado team for an online briefing on the current political violence trends in Northern Mozambique on 4 April 2024. Moderated by ACLED Africa Regional Specialist Ladd Serwat and wi...

"It is heartbreaking to see so many women and children traumatized and exhausted," said Catherine Gendre, the Head of the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Maputo.

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January saw the center of gravity in the conflict in Cabo Delgado shift south, as insurgents vied with security forces for control